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Over the summer, we had an opportunity to take a short vacation to South Dakota. We took our time getting there. Two days drive there, two days drive home and two days to actually spend in the area of our vacation. After all, there were 6 of us piled in the car and me, being pregnant and all, made for frequent stops and roadside stretches. So, we decided to make the most of all that and sight-see along the way. …

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I have recently purchased a new bike for myself, as well as a two-seater trailer for the kiddos. My first attempt on the bike was a success considering I haven’t really been on one since…oh…middle school. I didn’t fall off or maim myself or anything! However, it literally only took me a couple of blocks pulling the girls in the trailer to figure out that, ONE: I needed a different seat. Who knew lady parts could hurt so much from…

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Okay, I admit it. My family is plugged in. It seems at any given time, somebody, somewhere in this house is either watching tv, playing a video game, piddling on the computer or blasting through Ipad apps. The kids fight over who gets to do what and when. My son disappears hours at a time due to the lure of a good video game. My husband can be known to do the same (until he sees the look in my…

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I’ve been thinking more and more about the legitimacy and sense of unschooling. I don’t know that I will ever fully quiet my fears of all the “what ifs” and “but, if I don’t do a, b and c…” types of thing that run through my head, but I am ultimately convinced that unschoolers have it right, at least where my family is concerned. It is a difficult transition for me in some respects, because I enjoy planning unit studies…